A case for positive atheism

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I consider myself a militant atheist or a hardcore atheist for the simple fact that I am convinced to my own satisfaction that god or any gods for that matter do not, nor cannot exist outside the confines of the imaginations of those that do believe in him or them. I am of the opinion that the whole idea or concept of gods in general were created by men as a means to explain those things which in a more primitive time were not known. One of the best examples for this is found in Greek mythology where most of their deities were representatives of various natural phenomenon or human traits. Other more ancient cultures also followed the same blue print and had created deities that were also representative of the planets, the times or the seasons.